Improvement in stirrups for riding-saddles



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` vLetters Patent No. 'ii'mdatednarch 14,/18'71.

llMP-ROVEMENT IN STIRRUPS FOR RIDING-SADDLES.

` Seliexe `referred to ln these Petters Patent and making parl: of the `saune.

To all whomit may concern: y

Be it known thatQI, Llwnmmk S. TAYLolnof l Sigelinthe county ofyPettis and `State of `Missouri,

have invented anewland useful VImprovement inY Shin-nps; and Ldo herebydeclare that'the following `isa, full', clear, and emot description thereof, which will enableV others skilled inthe art to' make and use the seme,'referencerbeing hadyto ythe accompanying drawing forming partof this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in stirrups y `It consists `in the applic'ttion of springs to the footpiece,.\vhich is jointedytothe `yoke so es to oscillute, `for `assisting in raising `thesheei as thefoot vibretes on `the cross-bar of the yoke. v

y The cli-dwing is a. perspective view ofla. stirriip having my improvements applied.

A isthe stirrup; f B, the foot-piece;

C, tbe springs and i D, bent rods forcontrolling the springs..

The `foot-piece" is Aconnectell to the rod E of, the

` stirrup soastozoscllate on it, and the springs are connected to the said foot-piece or the rods D, which `are connectedv to it near the heel and to the stirrups near the top, so as to have a, constant tendency to raise'theheel. t n Y They thereforeact against the downward movement of the heels of the rider, and assist, to raiise.

them when movingupward."

- The rods D are extended near to the points on where the springs are connected, and the springs are coiled around them to keep them in place.

The movements requisite for the feet endlegs in riding :tre4 thereby made moreeasy.

Having thus described my invention, I claim4 es new end` desire to secure by Letters Petent- The combination, with tiallyas'specied.

` v LEONARD S. TAYLOR.

Witnesses: I

'THOMAS BIRoss,

THOMAS W. DIoKERsoN.

the stirrup 1A, of `the piv'V oted foot-piece B, `springs G, and rods D, all substainf 

